Newton Allen

Newton Allen is not the usual Nashville musician. He is a practicing physician, musician. A graduate of Davidson College and Vanderbilt University Medical School, Dr. Allen practices Internal Medicine at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. In his spare time, he also writes and records instrumental piano music. Encouraged at an early age by his father’s piano playing, he has played the piano as well as guitar since childhood. Inspiration also came from numerous other sources including Schumann, Beethoven, and George Winston among many, many others. In the beginning Newton simply played by music notation or by ear. He then began arranging and writing. This gradual process occurred naturally and rather unintentionally. He has since fed and nurtured these talents with more formal instruction. He has worked with several talented musicians including Edgar Struble, Denise All, Sam Levine, Jacob Lawson, Kenny Malone, Gary Tussing, Chris Wilkinson, and Larry Paxton.

In 1996 he was offered the opportunity to do some recording on the coattails of another project. This grew into the finished demo CD, Sunrise for Carol. This demo was very well received locally and was succeeded in 2000 by his first full-length album, Yesterday’s Dream. Since then, Doc Allen & The Heartstrings have recorded two more CDs including Hope in 2003 and the newest CD, Christmas Morning, in 2006. Check out the Photo Page for more about Newton.

Newton Allen’s music is neoclassical with some jazz influence, highlighted by orchestration with strings, woodwinds, percussion, and bass. The market for this relaxing music grows yearly as baby boomers age.